The military C-17 Globemaster carrying the monarch’s casket touched down at RAF Northolt, an air force base west of the city, about an hour after it left Edinburgh on Tuesday.
The Kings Colour is lowered as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II departs RAF Northolt, west London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, from where it will be taken to Buckingham Palace, London, to lie at rest overnight in the Bow Room. (Andrew Matthews/Pool Photo via AP)
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and a military honor guard were among those greeting the coffin before it was loaded into a hearse. Motorists pulled over and stopped in a show of respect as the illuminated hearse traveled under police escort on a London highway.
The Queen’s Colour Squadron, RAF, stand by as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is taken away from the Royal Air Force Northolt airbase, London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. The queen’s coffin is flown back to RAF Northolt, an air force base in London, and driven to Buckingham Palace. (Ben Stansall, Pool Photo via AP)
Crowds gathered on London’s streets to cheer and weep as the motorcade proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where the country’s new King Charles III, the late queen’s oldest son, and other members of Elizabeth’s immediate family met the hearse at the ceremonial gates.
People wait for the arrival of the hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth’s coffin at Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The coffin will spend a final night at the queen’s London home. A horse-drawn gun carriage is expected to take it Wednesday to the Houses of Parliament to lie in state for four days before a Monday funeral at Westminster Abbey.
People walks past Prince Charles Cinema, which displays a message reading ‘Thank you for the last 70 years’, in Soho, in London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch, will lie in state at Westminster Palace from Wednesday.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
The queen died Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle in northern Scotland after 70 years on the throne.
Britain’s King Charles III waves to the public as he leaves after a visit to Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II returned to a drizzly Londay on Tuesday evening, making its way toward the monarch’s home Buckingham Palace as crowds lined the route to catch a glimpse of the hearse and to bid her a final farewell.
Britain’s King Charles III waves to members of the public as he arrives at St. Anne’s Cathedral to attend a Service of Reflection for the life of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth in Belfast, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, flew to Belfast from Edinburgh on Tuesday, the same day the queen’s coffin will be flown to London from Scotland. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Britain’s King Charles III, with the Queen Consort, listen to a message of condolence from Alex Maskey, Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, right, at Hillsborough Castle, Belfast, Tuesday Sept. 13, 2022, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, flew to Belfast from Edinburgh on Tuesday, the same day the queen’s coffin will be flown to London from Scotland. (Niall Carson/Pool via AP)
The queen’s body made its final journey to London from Balmoral Castle in northern Scotland, where the monarch died Sept. 8 at age 96 after 70 years on the throne.
Buckingham palace, Police line up in front of people waiting for the convoy carrying the coffin of late Queen Elizabeth II, as it heads towards Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Britain’s longest-reigning monarch who was a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday Sept. 8, 2022, after 70 years on the throne. She was 96. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
It traveled past thousands of people who gathered in the rain along the road. Some had parked their cars along the normally busy route, got out and waved as the hearse passed.
